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A super-cute otter has been impressing visitors with its juggling skills. A video, which we first spotted at the Daily Mail, filmed at the Birmingham Conservation Park on 31 March, shows the...

Occasionally, archaeologists unearth items that leave even leading experts completely stumped. From the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism, known as the first ever computer, to the hundreds of...

Many World Heritage sites could be facing some serious problems, warns a new report from the World Wildlife Fund, (WWF). The organisation states that "nearly half of all natural World...

A four-year-old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at the start of a family holiday in Spain. The tragic incident occurred in Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca, and the boy had died by the time...

A 27-year-old man's ambitious plan to propose to his girlfriend after scaling a cliff face ended with him being winched to safety by a rescue helicopter. Michael Banks climbed Morro Rock,...

A five-kilometre wide wildfire has consumed more than 1,400 acres of land across the Arizona and California state border. Winds fanned the flames and forced the evacuation of a resort and RV...

A third man in the space of a few weeks has been forced to miss an Easyjet flight after another passenger reported him for acting in a "suspicious" manner. A flight set off from Pisa to...

Two stars sit next to each other on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The men on the stars have both run to be president, and one has already succeeded. That man murdered journalists, committed fraud,...

Smelly toilets, neck cramps, boredom: three of the worst things about flying. But new technology may mean they'll soon be a thing of the past. See also: Smelly poo causes BA plane to...

An aircraft interiors expo is underway in Hamburg, Germany and one company has introduced an economy plane seat redesign that passengers might actually appreciate. Thales have debuted...

An Arctic plume is set to send UK temperatures plunging this weekend, say weather forecasters. The news will come as a shock to those who have already got out their summer clothes: it marks an...

A London bus driver has been hailed a hero after he saved a teenager's life last month. James Rossi was driving the number 268 bus when a passenger approached him explaining that he'd...

When a police officer in Georgia, USA responded to a call of a pig on the loose, he was surprised to found a friendly domesticated pig - who became his new friend. Meet 'Pork Chop'....

A London commuter was fined £20 for stepping into a first class carriage in order to write a birthday card on one of the tables. Rebekah Weiler, 29, was travelling on the packed train...

A woman and a friend had a very close encounter with a great white shark this week - after it lunged at their jet ski. The pair were jet skiing off Fraser Island in Australia when they saw a...

Better cancel that beachside all-inclusive holiday because we are pretty sure you'll never want to step foot in the ocean again after this. We've taken a look at some of the most...

The scary moment a plane clipped a holidaymaker's hand on approach to the world's most dangerous airport was captured on camera. Local resident of St Barts, Sebastien Politano, shot the...

A zoo in Devon has welcomed the UK's only flightless kiwi from the other side of the world. The shy, nocturnal mini-ostrich named Manu is one of only a handful in Europe and the first...

A man was thrown off his paddle board by a shark in Florida on Thursday afternoon. Maximo Trinidad was wearing his GoPro while paddle boarding the waters off Jupiter Beach when he collided with...

A man who drove his car onto tracks in Burton upon Trent has been jailed for 68 months after the vehicle was hit by a passenger train. Jonathon Geoffrey Mather, 36, pleaded guilty to obstructing...

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